Sorority
/səˈrɒrɪti/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
- 2 a social club for female undergraduates wordnet
- 3 A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Philippines, US
"Every day is a party at this sorority!"
Example
More examples"I began to stake out my territorial waters in the sorority house's hot tub."
Etymology
PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.